Eye-cleansing device.



PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

W. REEVES.

EYE CLEANSING DEVICE."

APPLIOATIGH' FILED APR.14,1906.

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WILLIAM REEVES, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

EYE-CLEANSING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patents Patented March 5, 1997.

Application filed April 14, 1906- Serial No. 311.63

. .'u all whom it quay concern.-

Be it known that I, TILLIAM REEvEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEye-Cleansing Devices, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to new and useful improvementsin eye-cleansingdevices, and

as for its object, among other things, the production of .a device whichwill remove dirt, chips, or other foreign particles from the I eye andto accomplish this result With inechanism that will be simple inconstruction, neat and pleasing in appearance, and manufactured at theminimum cost.

To these and other ends my invention consists in the eye-cleansingdevice havingcertain details of construction and combinations of parts,as will be hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference designatelike parts in the several figures, Figure lis a-perspective view of mydevice eomplete', and F 1g. 2 is an elevation of a modified form of tip.

In the" practice of my invention I provide a funnel-shape hood 1, havinga flexible tube 2 connected therewith at its smaller end, and a tip 3,having an aperture therethrough fixed in the'opposite end of said tube.The

air is drawn through the ti 3, tube-2, and

hood ,1 by any conven entv orm of mechanism; but I prefer to use thedevice, shown in Fig. 1, which consists of a motor 4, of any referredform, fixed upon a base 5 and hav-' .-1ng a fan 6 secured to itsarmature-shaft 7,

which fan is rotatable within the larger end of the hood 1. This motoris operated from a conveniently-located battery 8.

' In operation the fan is rotated by starting the motor, theeyelid isfolded back, and the tip 3 moved in front of and adjacent the eyeball.All of the dirt and particles in the eye will be drawn by suction out ofthe eye through the tip 3. The tip-3 is preferably magnetized; so as tomore readily remove steel or iron chips. In some cases the foreignmatter might be embedded in the eye in such 'a manner; as not to beremovable by suction alone, and in these cases I- prefer to substitutefor the tip 3 the modified form of tip 9, the front end of which isbeveled, so as to form a projecting lip 10, that can beso manipulated asto out under the foreign matter and loosen it from its bed in theeyeball, after which it may be taken up by suction.

, What I-claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a base;of a hood connected therewith; rotary suction means in said hood; and aflexible tube having an apertured tip connected with one end thereof andsecured to said hood.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a hoodhaving an'aperture through one end thereof of less diameter than theother end of said hood; of rotary suction means operative in the largerend of said hood; a flexible tube connected at one end with said hood;and an apertured tip fixed in the opposite end of said tube.

3. In a deyice of the character described, thecombination with a base;of a funnelshape hood connected therewith; means, as a rotating fan, inthe larger .endof said funnel, for producing a suction therethrough; anda flexible tube having an apertured tip connected with one end thereofand secured to said hood. I

4. :In a device of the character-described, the combinationwith a base5; of the hood 1; a motor 4; a fan 6 rotated thereby; a flexi- 1 bletube 2 connected with. said hood; and an apertured tip fixed in one endof said tube.

In testimony whereof I af'nx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM REEVES. Witnesses:

GEORGE E. HALL, FLoRENcE H MoNK.

